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From: Heiko Dudzus <heiko.dudzus@gmx.de>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] permissions in /net
Date: Sat,  7 Oct 2006 16:18:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <972a21167c992073583e2b9c9da37ffe@voidness.de> (raw)

I found the files 'iproute' and 'arp' to be without any write
protection.  While it was easy to restrict write permissions to the
hostowner[1], I am not completely sure if that would break something
on other people's systems.(?)

For instance, ip/rip needs to write to 'iproute'.  I'm guessing it is
common use to run it as hostowner, guessing right?

BTW: Do you consider write access to 'log' critical as well?

Heiko



[1] 'eve' stands for the hostowner in the kernel's terminology,
doesn't she?



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